Wagon



J. T. RUSSELL.

Wagon-Standard.

Patented July 24, 1855.

N. PETERS, FHOTOUTHOGHAPNER, WAS

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

J. THORNTON RUSSELL, OF TYLER COUNTY, VIRGINIA.

WAGON.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 13,323, dated July 24, 1855.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Josnrrr THORNTON RUSSELL, of the county of Tyler, in the State of Virginia, have invented a new and useful Improvement in the Construction of Wagons, which I call a Standard-Receiver, and which is described as follows.

It is to be constructed of iron and consists of a plate resting on the bolster of iron and extending from the end of the bolster inwardly far enough for the wagon bed to rest upon it, say eight or ten inches and wide enough to cover the top of the bolster; and other plates connected therewith and entending down the sides of the bolster (and if desired down the end of it also) a distance of two or three inches, so as to supply the place of the ironing usually placed upon that part of the bolster, The said top plate is perforated so as to correspond with the hole made in the bolster for receiving a standard. Corresponding with the sides and outer end of this hole, other iron plates or flanges extend upward from the said top plate (with which they are connected) a convenient distance for bracing a standard, say four or five inches, so that the standard when in place would to that height be surrounded on three sides by plates of iron,

leaving the side of the standard next to the wagon bed uncovered.

In the accompanying model the part marked No. 1 represents my standard receiver. A side view thereof is represented in the annexed drawing marked No. 1; a top view in the annexed drawing marked No. 2; and a side view of part of a bolster, with my standard receiver and a standard in place, in the annexed drawing marked No. 3.

My said standard receiver may be either of cast iron or wrought iron and may be made wholly in a single piece or in more than one. It may be attached to the bolster by means of bolts with screws or other appliances so as to be removed at pleasure. If made in two equal parts, each having a side plate for the bolster and half the top plate divided longitudinally, it might be applied to different wagons without regard to the exact size of the bolsters. The proportions of the different parts of my standard receiver, according to the sizes and uses of the wagons to which they are to be applied by the bolster in this description I have meant to designate not only the part properly so called and which rests on the forward axle tree but also what is sometimes called a sand board resting on the hinder axle tree and any similar part of a wagon in which a standard is to be inserted.

What I claim as my invention is The construction of the standard receiver above described and the application thereof to wagon bolsters.

Among the useful objects to be attained by said invention are the following. The standards will be much better braced than by any method now in use, while they will not be fastened immovably in the bolsters. They can be taken out or changed at pleasure; standards of different lengths can be conveniently used for the same wagon and when the standards are out the upper partof the standard receivers will serve to keep the wagon bed in place. The whole together, especially if made of cast iron, will save considerable expense in ironing the bolsters.

I have made the above desscriptio-n for the purpose of obtaining a patent from the United States for said invention.

Given under my hand this 6th day of April 1855.

J. THORNTON RUSSELL.

Attested by us as witnesses this 7th day of April 1855:

JOHN T. RUSSELL, CH R E W. RUSSELL. 

